IPROC iproc Iproceedings 2369-6893 JMIR Publications Toronto, Canada v8i1e36566 10.2196/36566 Abstract Abstract Noncommunicable Diseases Household Survey Data Analysis, Sana’a City, Yemen, 2017 Khader Yousef Alkholidy Ghamdan Gamal MBBS 1
Yemen Field Epidemiology Training Program Ministry of Public Health and Population Alsteen St, Bldg 23 Sana'a, 000 Yemen 967 771530764 ghamdangamal@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0991-0185 Anam Labiba Saeed MD 1 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7927-4503 Al Serouri Abdulwahed PhD 1 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4112-3467 Li Chaoyang MD, PhD 2 Yemen Field Epidemiology Training Program Ministry of Public Health and Population Sana'a Yemen Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA United States Corresponding Author: Ghamdan Gamal Alkholidy ghamdangamal@gmail.com Jan-Dec 2022 7 2 2022 8 1 e36566 18 1 2022 19 1 2022 ©Ghamdan Gamal Alkholidy, Labiba Saeed Anam, Abdulwahed Al Serouri, Chaoyang Li. Originally published in Iproceedings (https://www.iproc.org), 07.02.2022. 2022

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 Background

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people each year, accounting for 71% of all deaths globally. The burden of NCDs is rising faster in developing countries of the Middle East than in other regions. The morbidity and mortality of NCDs are still not well-studied in Yemen.

 Objective

The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology of NCDs in Sana’a City, Yemen, for 2017.

 Methods

Raw data of a house-to-house survey that was conducted by the Ministry of Public Health and Population in 2017 were analyzed. Data were collected from household heads who were asked if any household member had one of the following five NCDs: hypertension (HTN), diabetes (DM), bronchial asthma (BA), mental disorders (MD), and epilepsy. Data were entered and analyzed using Epi info 7.2. For calculations of prevalence, 2017 projections from the 2004 census were used.

 Results

A total of 241,310 households were surveyed (1,592,646 household members), 59,061 (24.48%) of which included 70,178 members who had at least one NCD. The overall prevalence of NCDs was 4.4%. The disease-specific prevalence was as follows: HTN, 2.3%; DM, 2.2%; BA, 0.4%; MD, 0.27; and epilepsy, 0.19%. The overall NCD prevalence was significantly higher among females than males (5.1% vs 3.8%; odds ratio [OR] 1.35, 95% CI 1.33-1.35), which was also the case for the prevalence of HTN (3.1% vs 1.6%; OR 1.94, 95% CI 1.90-1.98), DM (2.3% vs 2.1%; OR 1.11, 95% CI 1.09-1.13), and BA (0.5% vs 0.3%; OR 1.56, 95% CI 1.49-1.65). In contrast, the prevalence of MD was significantly higher among males than females (0.35% vs 0.16%; OR 2.2, 95% CI 2.06-2.31). The prevalence of NCDs progressively increased with age. Nearly 18% of patients had more than one NCD; 35.2% of the patients with HTN also had DM.

 Conclusions

One-quarter of the surveyed households had at least one member with one or more of the five NCDs and the overall prevalence of NCDs was 4.4%. These data reflect only the tip of the iceberg as the findings are based on self-reported diagnosed cases rather than standardized measures. More attention to NCDs, strengthened health care provision, the ability to obtain high-reliability data, an NCDs stepwise survey, and establishing an NCDs surveillance system are recommended.

 NCDs survey hypertension diabetes bronchial asthma mental disorder epilepsy Yemen